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Posted on 4/16/17 at 8:45 am to beatbammer
Posted on 4/16/17 at 8:45 am to beatbammer
Could have sworn that 247 article said 3 years last night when I posted. He was only a JUCO FR last year
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Posted on 4/16/17 at 11:50 am to GenesChin
Dunbar done with recruitment after visit to Auburn (Rivals)
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It didn’t take long for Malik Dunbar to realize he wanted to finish his college career at Auburn.
Dunbar, a junior college transfer from College of Central Florida, was less than 24 hours into his visit to Auburn when he made the announcement.
“I decided to be part of the Auburn family,” Dunbar said of his Saturday night commitment. “It’s a close-knit community; everybody is family. I just felt it was the best opportunity for me.”
Dunbar spent the weekend in Auburn on an official visit. He spent time throughout his stay with Auburn coach Bruce Pearl and assistants Harris Adler, Chuck Person and Steven Pearl.
“Coach (Bruce) Pearl is a good coach and a great guy,” Dunbar said. “I feel like he is going to take me under his wing. And Coach Person, he’s already told me a little something on my shot that made it better.”
Dunbar developed bonds with the coaches, but it was the players, guys like player-host Horace Spencer, who had the biggest impact on Dunbar’s decision.
“When I played open gym with the boys, I just felt like the team really wanted me to come here,” Dunbar said. “I felt the love from the team.”
Dunbar plans to give back to the team, the coaches and even the fans when he arrives at Auburn in July.
“I’m going to work hard when I get here,” Dunbar said. “I don’t want to let the fans down. I’m going to give them all I have. I’m a natural 3, but Auburn wants me to play the 2 and the 3. I’m aggressive enough that I can make an impact immediately.”
Dunbar, who stands 6-foot-6 and weighs 230 pounds, committed to Auburn over offers from Ole Miss and Arkansas-Little Rock, among others. He visited Ole Miss last weekend, but will not take any other visits.
“I’m done,” Dunbar said.
Dunbar joined five-star center Austin Wiley, four-star forward Chuma Okeke and four-star point guard Davion Mitchell in Auburn’s 2017 recruiting class.
Posted on 4/16/17 at 11:58 am to TigerPaw1
He is a thicker TJ Dunans. Hopefully under more control and without all the turnovers. Biggest add is he can initiate the offense from the 2 or 3 and that is important with both Harper and Mitchell not being traditional pg's.
ETA- He has a nice stroke so I think with some work he can be effective shooting from deep.
ETA- He has a nice stroke so I think with some work he can be effective shooting from deep.
This post was edited on 4/16/17 at 12:05 pm
Posted on 4/16/17 at 12:29 pm to GenesChin
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Could have sworn that 247 article said 3 years last night when I posted. He was only a JUCO FR last year
Not according to 247.
https://auburn.247sports.com/Article/JUCO-forward-Malik-Dunbar-verbally-commits-to-Auburn-52327529
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The 6-foot-6, 220-pounder averaged 15.6 points and 6.4 rebounds last season. He averaged 10.6 points and 4.9 rebounds in 31 games as a freshman.
He has two years of eligibility remaining and doesn’t have to sit out.
Posted on 4/16/17 at 3:41 pm to marshallcotiger
What are Harper and Mitchell then? 2s?
Posted on 4/16/17 at 4:58 pm to JamalSanders
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What are Harper and Mitchell then? 2s?
They fit the scoring PG role rather than the distributor /creator role. Iverson/DRose vs Nash/Chris Paul
Posted on 4/17/17 at 9:43 pm to GenesChin
Jamari Wheeler will be visiting Auburn April 26-27
I imagine if we snag him that means we are done. Don't see us taking more than 2 but who knows
I imagine if we snag him that means we are done. Don't see us taking more than 2 but who knows
Posted on 4/18/17 at 2:35 pm to GenesChin
Not a fan of taking another guard while severely lacking in post production.
Posted on 4/18/17 at 3:58 pm to AUcs13
I imagine we only take Wheeler if we strike out on everyone else like grad transfers. If his offer was committable he would have already jumped on it.
Posted on 4/18/17 at 4:06 pm to AUcs13
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Not a fan of taking another guard while severely lacking in post production.
We are adding Murray and returning 4 young post players
Our guard play has a lot to be desired now that RoJo and Dunans are gone.
Posted on 4/18/17 at 4:52 pm to GenesChin
We have 3 players that can play the 5 with Wiley, Mclemore and Spencer and 5 that can play the 4 with Spencer, Okeke, Mclemore, Purifoy and Murray. We are fine with bodies in the post. Where we were lacking was on the perimeter and that is why we are bringing in another wing in Dunbar and looking at potentially adding another pg with Wheeler.
Posted on 4/19/17 at 8:26 am to marshallcotiger
What ares the expectations for Dunbar?
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Posted on 4/19/17 at 10:19 am to GenesChin
247 updated their internal rankings
Okeke - #56 (Moved up 1)
Mitchell - #68 (dropped 10)
Their composite
Okeke - #44
Mitchell - #55
Okeke - #56 (Moved up 1)
Mitchell - #68 (dropped 10)
Their composite
Okeke - #44
Mitchell - #55
Posted on 4/25/17 at 2:18 pm to GenesChin
We can put the Heron transferring issue to rest.
Jeff Shearer?Verified account @jeff_shearer
"I'm ready to come back next year and make an even bigger statement." Male ROY @Mheron_1 at #AUSPYS. Videobomb:
Jeff Shearer?Verified account @jeff_shearer
"I'm ready to come back next year and make an even bigger statement." Male ROY @Mheron_1 at #AUSPYS. Videobomb:
Posted on 4/25/17 at 2:33 pm to marshallcotiger
I didn't even know that was an issue
Posted on 4/25/17 at 2:54 pm to GoCrazyAuburn
It may have never been but a few weeks back a national writer based out of NYC tweeted that he was considering transferring and would have a decision in 2 weeks.
Posted on 4/25/17 at 2:55 pm to marshallcotiger
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It may have never been but a few weeks back a national writer based out of NYC tweeted that he was considering transferring and would have a decision in 2 weeks.
It was weird because only one writer had sources on it. Any other person was just an echo of his tweet
He doubled down on it too
Posted on 4/26/17 at 12:33 pm to GenesChin
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It was weird because only one writer had sources on it
These quotes pretty much confirm that he considered transferring.
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Asked if he considered transferring, he said, “Yes, I definitely wanted to weigh my options out but at the end of the day I just didn’t want to sit out a whole year and after talking to my family and my whole support system, I figured that this would be the best move, just to come back and help the program build and build my own brand and things like that.”
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Posted on 4/26/17 at 2:58 pm to marshallcotiger
I do wonder what the team morale/chemistry vibe was last year w/ this quote
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It was more knowing that I’ll be able to develop, play a bigger role as far as team leadership goes,” he said. “I was made one of the captains for next year,
Posted on 4/26/17 at 2:59 pm to GenesChin
It seems like every year we hear of bad team morale. I don't get it. That would seem like one thing that would never be a problem under Pearl, yet we seem to have it a lot.
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